ON http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SCROLL DOWN TO THE AVAILABLE VIDEO (IT TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO LOAD) TITLED "THE SUN'S XRAYS", IT'S A GREEN SUN IMAGE. NOTICE THAT THE LARGER CORONAL HOLE IS ABOUT TO SPIN IN FACING EARTH, WHICH WILL INCREASE OUR SOLAR WIND.

"Communications with the STEREO Behind spacecraft were interrupted on October 1, 2014 immediately after a planned reset of the spacecraft performed as part of a test of solar conjunction operations.

The spacecraft telemetry indicated an anomaly in the guidance and control system.

On Sunday, August 21, 2016, contact was reestablished with the STEREO Behind spacecraft for the first time in 22 months.

However, no signal has been received since September 23, 2016, which indicates that the spacecraft's orbital motion has carried it to a position where either the low gain antennae cannot currently communicate with Earth, or the solar panels are not sufficiently illuminated.

Launched in 2006, the STEREO mission achieved its prime science goals within the two-year prime mission, but continues to explore solar and heliospheric activity through the current solar maximum and beyond."

YEAH, WHATEVER....WE WENT FROM HAVING ADVANCED WARNING TO HAVING NOT MUCH.

THAT WEBSITE SEEKS TO CALM THE MASSES AND DOES A GOOD JOB OF THAT, BUT ITS IMAGERY AND HISTORICAL DATA ARE QUITE EXTENSIVE AND A BIT AWESOME....EVEN IF "CURRENT NEWS" IS CONSIDERABLY TONED-DOWN TO ASSUAGE ANYONE'S FEARS.

WHAT'S TO FEAR? WHY WOULD ANYONE PANIC?

THINGS ARE WHAT THEY ARE, REALISM IS REAL.

WE SIMPLY NEED A STEADY INPUT OF DATA SO WE CAN DECIDE WHAT WE NEED TO DO, OR EVEN WHAT WE WANT TO DO. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE READERS THIS "HEADS-UP" SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.WE CAN'T CHANGE THINGS, BUT WE CAN BE AWARE.KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.